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Dark
Secrets (Dark #2)

Publisher:
Ellora’s Cave

ISBN:
9781419991370

Genre:
Erotic Paranormal Romance

Theme:
Vampire/Demon (a few shape shifters thrown in there…)

Length:
85,000 words

Blurb

The worst moment of Micah’s life was
when Ella nearly died in his arms. Her miraculous recovery should
have been the start of their future. Unfortunately, a new demonic
heritage, the Shadow Agency’s corruption and Julian, the vampire
who turned Ella, are testing their relationship. Despite
hotter-than-ever sex and a variety of new places and positions to
explore, Micah begins to wonder if a relationship based on lust can
survive for more than a few scorching-hot months.

Ella has
forgiven, but not forgotten, the fact that Micah once plunged a
dagger through her heart. Everything with Micah is passion,
excitement and an uncontrollable desire to explore his body in a
variety of very satisfying ways. But as buried secrets, ongoing lies
and murderous deceptions pile up, Ella is reminded that she and
Micah’s relationship was based on a curse. In order to forge a
future together, Ella and Micah will have to face down their personal
demons—and prove that love and trust are more than just words.

I
popped the button on his pants and trailed my tongue over the curve
of his jaw. “Does it matter? Julian can wait.”

Micah
growled and spun me to the dresser, lifting to set me on top. He
slapped a palm against the wall above my head, caging me in. Escape,
although I didn’t want it, would have been near impossible.

“Don’t
even say his name. One day, I’m going to rip out his spinal cord.”
The coarse golden hair dusting his jaw rasped against my cheek as he
took my mouth in a kiss that sent us both spiraling.

The
aggression lurking inside him coalesced. Demanding. Rough. He moved
his hands over my body, exploring me as if we’d not already
memorized every inch of each other earlier that day at the Vault.
Mindless to anything except the male body in front of me, I was lost
to all reason.

I
threaded my fingers through his hair, holding him against me. I
stroked my tongue against his, addicted to the taste of him. When I
tilted my head to the side, our teeth clanked. Our embrace deepened
as he dug his hands into the soft flesh at my hips and slid me close.
He ground his body against mine and devoured me.

The
demon lurking under the surface made me yearn for it to claim me.
Never breaking the kiss, Micah moved the material covering my breast
aside and cupped the tender weight. A sharp spike of need ran
straight to my core. His hands were callused, the perfect texture
moving across my sensitive nipple. The sudden need pulsing through me
was going to tear me in half.

When he
released my mouth, I gasped for breath. The sensations he caused had
me clutching the corded muscles at his back. Featherlight, such a
contrast to the frenzied need to mate surging between us, his lips
moved across my cheek to my neck.

“I
want your hair down.”

He
tugged at a few things and within seconds, my painstakingly created
up-do fell apart. He ran his hand through my curls. The gentle touch
turned forceful. Forming a fist, he tugged, eliciting another needy
moan when my head snapped to the side allowing the access he desired.

He
nipped the scar on the side of my throat, the imprint of his teeth. I
trembled from head to toe.

“Julian
may get you tonight, but it’s me who you’ll smell like. My come
inside your body. My marks on your flesh. I’ll make sure you
remember the feel of my cock with every single step you take.”

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Dark
Cravings Blurb

Ella
Grey's life sucks. A half-breed vampire, she does her best to pass
the time killing demons and secretly admiring her Shadow Hunter
partner, Micah. He's hot, dangerous and knows it. He'd be just Ella's
type if he weren't likely to kill her the moment she put a toe out of
line.

A
chance encounter with a succubus changes everything. From the second
the succubus' spell washes over them, Ella and Micah are helpless to
keep their hands off one another. The sex, when it's not leaving them
on the verge of death, is earth shattering and for the first time in
ages Ella is connected with someone on a level she'd feared lost
forever. But a dangerous prophecy has been set into motion, and if
Ella's not careful it'll pull her straight from Micah's arms and into
the deepest bowels of the underworld.

A
Romantica® Paranormal erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave

Publisher’s
Note: This book was previously published under the title Blood Lust
Rising. It has been revised and expanded for EC.

Madeline
Pryce wrote her first novel when she was ten, penned with neon-pink
ink in a loose-leaf binder. Captivated by romantic literature, yet
intrigued by the paranormal, she continues to develop her own voice,
writing the kinds of stories that inspired her as a teen.